nano

commit edf2d8d68f20134a7881c979a25a2d5916f8baa9
parent 654d694e39c367cefc8e6b5f480179a5acb8fb7e
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date:   Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:25:02 +0200

docs: mention that the dedicated cursor-moving keys are not rebindable

Diffstat:
M
doc/nano.texi
 | 
4
+++-
M
doc/nanorc.5
 | 
4
+++-

2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/nano.texi b/doc/nano.texi
@@ -1174,7 +1174,9 @@ with Shift.)
 
 Rebinding @code{^M} (Enter) or @code{^I} (Tab) is probably not a good idea.
 Rebinding @code{^[} (Esc) is not possible, because its keycode
-is the starter byte of escape sequences and Meta keystrokes.
+is the starter byte of Meta keystrokes and escape sequences.
+Rebinding any of the dedicated cursor-moving keys (the arrows, Home, End,
+PageUp and PageDown) is not possible.
 On some terminals it's not possible to rebind @code{^H} (unless @code{--raw}
 is used) because its keycode is identical to that of the Backspace key.
 
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.5 b/doc/nanorc.5
@@ -511,7 +511,9 @@ Example: F10.
 
 Rebinding \fB^M\fR (Enter) or \fB^I\fR (Tab) is probably not a good idea.
 Rebinding \fB^[\fR (Esc) is not possible, because its keycode
-is the starter byte of escape sequences and Meta keystrokes.
+is the starter byte of Meta keystrokes and escape sequences.
+Rebinding any of the dedicated cursor-moving keys (the arrows, Home, End,
+PageUp and PageDown) is not possible.
 On some terminals it's not possible to rebind \fB^H\fR (unless \fB\-\-raw\fR
 is used) because its keycode is identical to that of the Backspace key.